Leading European Analyst Martin Kuppinger Identifies Rohati as a Supplier of Cost-Effective, Complexity-Reducing Access Management Solutions
Kuppinger Says Startup's Functionality Could Influence Microsoft's Future
SUNNYVALE, CA and DUSSELDORF, GERMANY--(Marketwire - November 17, 2008) - In his popular blog,
distinguished European technology analyst Martin Kuppinger, founder of
leading European analyst firm Kuppinger Cole, has declared that Rohati
Systems' agent-less access management solution is a "real alternative to
today's complex, cost-intensive and still error-prone approach for managing
access controls at file servers" -- one with Common Internet File System
(CIFS) functionality so powerful that it could even "significantly"
influence Microsoft's future innovations.
Deployed through a high-performance network appliance, the Rohati solution
provides entirely new options for authorization that, according to
Kuppinger "might take a lot of burden from system administrators and help
to avoid errors in authorization management."
Wrote Kuppinger: I even could imagine that such a policy-based, centralized
model for authorization management might significantly influence what
Microsoft is doing at the operating system level for a next-generation
Windows server and file system. There are some lessons Microsoft could
learn from Rohati and adopt at the OS and software level.
"I take briefings on new technology solutions quite often, and I always
take time to blog about those that impress me," said Kuppinger. "Rohati's
high-performance, agent-less access management platform was very impressive
in its ability to enable network administrators to manage ACLs [access
control lists] consistently; for its centralized model for authorization
management; and for its file share access management functionality."
"Martin Kuppinger is one of the most respected technology analysts in
Europe, and we take great satisfaction in knowing that he's recognized the
value of what we have developed," said Rohati CEO Shane Buckley. "Our
Transaction Networking System (TNS) agent-less access management platform
is being well received by the market and has the potential to change the
way access management is deployed."
To read the full text of Kuppinger's blog, visit
http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/kuppinger/2008/10/24/a-more-efficient-approach-for-managing-file-server-acls/.
About Kuppinger Cole
Kuppinger Cole + Partner (KCP), founded in 2004, has become the leading
Europe-based analyst company for all topics around identity management and
digital identities. KCP stands for expertise, thought leadership, and a
vendor-neutral view on the broader "identity market," including aspects
like classical identity and access management (IaM), information rights
management (IRM), identity risk management, digital certificates, cards and
tokens, single sign-on, auditing, federation, User centric identity
management and Identity 2.0, and many more.
About Rohati
Rohati Systems, Inc., is the leader in agent-less access management
solutions. Rohati solutions quickly and cost-effectively enable companies
to define, enforce and log access & authorization policies across
applications and file shares from a single management console. Unlike
traditional approaches to identity and access management that are time- and
cost-prohibitive to deploy broadly, the Rohati solution resides in the data
center, is network-based to ensure high performance, and does not require
agents nor changes to applications. Delivering numerous industry firsts,
Rohati enables companies to safeguard all their data assets to protect
their business and comply with compliance regulations. Rohati is backed by
Matrix Partners and Foundation Capital, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. To learn more, visit www.rohati.com.